I'm sorry but isn't it clear that "all our people" means "all races"? As you note, this is a quote from Roger Wilkins, a civil rights leader. The quote mentions diversity. So the question should be is the statement literally true that "our problems" cannot be solved without the help of people from all races? I guess it depends what th…
I'm sorry but isn't it clear that "all our people" means "all races"? As you note, this is a quote from Roger Wilkins, a civil rights leader. The quote mentions diversity. So the question should be is the statement literally true that "our problems" cannot be solved without the help of people from all races? I guess it depends what the problems were he was referencing. If the problems are race relations, then I think the answer is likely that it is factually true; one race cannot solve discrimination and race relations problems alone. While you might not require a person from every race to be involved in finding a solution, you do likely need significant input from people of a number of different races. If the problems are discrete chemistry problems, I guess you could certainly imagine that some of those problems could be solved by a single person of one race.
That is true only if we infer "our problems" to be "our problems getting along with each other" and not problems like "this bridge won't stay up".
Additionally, I think if he meant "all our people" to mean "all races" he would have said "all our peoples" which would be more correct, grammatically.
I'm sorry but isn't it clear that "all our people" means "all races"? As you note, this is a quote from Roger Wilkins, a civil rights leader. The quote mentions diversity. So the question should be is the statement literally true that "our problems" cannot be solved without the help of people from all races? I guess it depends what the problems were he was referencing. If the problems are race relations, then I think the answer is likely that it is factually true; one race cannot solve discrimination and race relations problems alone. While you might not require a person from every race to be involved in finding a solution, you do likely need significant input from people of a number of different races. If the problems are discrete chemistry problems, I guess you could certainly imagine that some of those problems could be solved by a single person of one race.
That is true only if we infer "our problems" to be "our problems getting along with each other" and not problems like "this bridge won't stay up".
Additionally, I think if he meant "all our people" to mean "all races" he would have said "all our peoples" which would be more correct, grammatically.